WEBVTT WITH THREE WOMEN WHO WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE WALK TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CELEBRATION MEANS TO THEM. ♪ >> IT HAS CHANGED ME A LOT. THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER. >> I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED. HOW COULD THIS ME BE? I WAS SO YOUNG. >> I JUST REMEMBER SITTING DOWN AND SHAKING. MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT WAS, I’M GONNA DIE. >> I WAS 37-YEARS-OLD, SINGLE MOM WITH TWO KIDS. >> I WAS 27. 33 WEEKS PREGNANT WITH MY DAUGHTER. >> SHE JUST SAID, IT’S BREAST CANCER. >> IT WAS STAGE THREE, SO THEY ACTUALLY STARTED SURGERIES AND TREATMENT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER MY DIAGNOSIS. >> I WAS STAGE TWO INDACTYL-CARCINOMA. AND I WENT THROUGH IMMEDIATE RECONSTRUCTION AND A BILATERAL MASTECTOMY. >> NOT HAVING ANY CONTROL WAS DIFFICULT, OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I KIND OF REVERTED BACK TO BEING A CHILD. AND I HAD EVERYONE TAKING CARE OF ME, SO. >> THE FIRST TWO YEARS WERE VERY DIFFICULT. >> I WAS PREPARED BUT UNPREPARED FOR HOW EXHAUSTING THEY WOULD BE. MY HAIR STARTED FALLING OUT AND I SHAVED IT. I WAS LIKE, I KIND OF CAN ROCK THIS, I THINK. >> ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS WHO CUTS MY HAIR CAME TO MY SCHOOL AND WE SHAVED IT IN MY CLASSROOM. BECAUSE I TEACH SPECIAL NEEDS AND I KIND OF DIDN’T KNOW HOW THEY WOULD REACT TO THEIR TEACHER COMING IN WITHOUT ANY HAIR. SO I TRIED TO MAKE THEM A PART OF THE PROCESS. >> AND I WAS PUFFY AND SWOLLEN FROM STEROIDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I JUST DIDN’T SEE ME ANYMORE, I SAW CANCER. >> I WORRIED MORE ABOUT MY KIDS AND EVERYBODY ELSE. I DIDN’T WORRY ABOUT ME BECAUSE I KNEW I HAD THIS. >> I STAYED REALLY, REALLY STRONG THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND HID THE SICKNESS REALLY WELL FROM EVERYBODY. AND AT THE END I WAS FINALLY LIKE, THIS WAS AWFUL, BUT I’M DONE. >> I JUST TRIED TO LIVE AND THINK OF THE POSITIVE AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES AT THE END OF A WORK DAY THAT’S THE LAST THINK YOU WANT TO DO IS GIVE YOUR KIDS A BATH, BUT TO ME I HAVE TO JUST APPRECIATE AND HEAR THEM GIGGLING AND PLAYING, AND JUST ENJOY IT. >> I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, PERFECT LITTLE GIRL THAT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN MY NUMBER-ONE GOAL TO GET ME THROUGH ALL OF IT. >> YOU KNOW HOW LOVED YOU ARE BUT THEN WHEN YOU GO THROUGH , SOMETHING LIKE THIS IT JUST, IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. >> IF I HAVE A GOAL, I WANT TO REACH IT. I KNOW THAT IF I BEAT CANCER, I CAN BEAT ANYTHING. >> IT’S AN HONOR. IT’S TOTALLY AN HONOR BUT MORE IT’S FOR THE PAST, PRESENT AND , FUTURE SURVIVORS AND THE ONES , WHO WEREN’T ABLE TO SURVIVE. >> IT’S JUST BEEN REALLY COMFORTING TO MEET THESE WOMEN AND FORM FRIENDSHIPS AND BONDS ABOUT THINGS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO UNDERSTAND BUT THEY , REALLY WOULDN’T UNLESS THEY’VE GONE THROUGH SIMILAR THINGS. >> NOBODY UNDERSTANDS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH QUITE LIKE ANOTHER SURVIVOR DOES. >> I WANT TO WALK WITH 144 OTHER WOMEN, YOU KNOW IT’S AN AMAZI